Is Jimmy Hill The Weakest Link?

On 25th September 2005, the subject of Alex Ferguson being booed by sections of the Manchester United crowd after the defeat by Mark Hughes’ Blackburn Rovers cropped up on Jimmy Hill’s Sunday Supplement.

Jim’s own response was to point out earnestly the danger that after several years a team will have heard absolutely everything the manager has to say – which therefore makes it very difficult for him to continue to motivate his players.

What is interesting is that after doing this programme for some years, the old boy completely fails to appreciate the irony of this remark.

So on behalf of his regular viewers, who have become exasperatingly familiar with Jim’s views on recruiting ex-professional players as referees; the importance of managers not talking to press or TV immediately after a game; the danger of our game being infiltrated by legions of foreign players/managers/coaches; England’s left sided problem; and above all, Jim’s paramount consideration in football, the need for every team to have a ‘number 9’ – please, Jim, could you resolve to struggle through at least a programme or two without trotting out any of the old chestnuts.

Because some of us – and that may well include a majority of your guests – are beginning to feel that we really have heard everything you have to say!